Magus of the Balance
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Human Wizard
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Treasure Chest #70677 (rare)
{4}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.
Magus of the Balance has 3 printings, first in Commander 2018 (2018). EDHREC ranks it #19,132 among Commander cards. It appears most in Nalia de'Arnise decks (404 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Magus of the Balance
- Party Time - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Nalia de'Arnise
- Subjective Reality - Commander 2018, led by Aminatou, the Fateshifter
Commanders that run Magus of the Balance most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Nalia de'Arnise: 404 decks
- Numot, the Devastator: 137 decks
- Winter Soldier, Reborn Avenger: 3 decks
Often played with Magus of the Balance
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Players can't take actions once Magus of the Balance's ability begins to resolve until it's done resolving. If any abilities trigger during this process, they're put onto the stack after it's done resolving.
- : When Magus of the Balance's ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is chooses an appropriate number of lands they control (which may be zero if that player doesn't control more lands than the player who controls the fewest). Then each other player in turn order does the same, knowing choices made by previous players. Finally, all of the chosen lands are sacrificed simultaneously. Players repeat this process for cards in hand and creatures they control, except while choosing cards in hand, players won't know the identity of cards chosen by the previous players.
- : If a player has zero cards in hand, controls no lands, or controls no creatures, other players will have to discard their entire hand, sacrifice all of their lands, or sacrifice all of their creatures, as appropriate.